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Mirror anthias

Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1857)

Status not recordedbony fish

The mirror anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) is a species in the family Anthiadidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the mirror anthias

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mirror anthias live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mirror anthias as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mirror anthias endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mirror anthias classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyAnthiadidae
  6. genusPseudanthias
  7. SpeciesPseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1857)

Synonyms Anthias pleurotaenia

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Blotched fairy bassletEnglish
  • Mirror bassletEnglish
  • Squarespot anthiasEnglish
  • Anthias mirallCatalan
  • bradáč pruhovanýCzech
  • Kantplettet svalehalebarsDanish
  • Anthias espejoSpanish
  • Anthias à tache carréeFrench
  • スミレナガハナダイJapanese
  • 네모점박이금강바리Korean
  • Anthias-de-mancha-quadradaPortuguese
  • 紅魚Chinese
  • 側帶擬花鮨Chinese
  • 側帶擬花鱸Chinese
  • 海金魚Chinese
  • 花鱸Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mirror anthias

Other species in the same genus Pseudanthias.

Goldie

Pseudanthias squamipinnis

AnthiadidaeNo free photo yet

Red basslet

Pseudanthias cooperi

AnthiadidaeNo free photo yet

Pink basslet

Pseudanthias hypselosoma

AnthiadidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mirror anthias an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mirror anthias as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mirror anthias?

The mirror anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) belongs to the family Anthiadidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mirror anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mirror-anthias

MLA

“Mirror anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mirror-anthias.

BibTeX
@misc{mirror_anthias_2026,
  title = {Mirror anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mirror-anthias},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}